Twisted (Del Amitri album)
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Twisted | ||
Studio album by Del Amitri | ||
Released | February 28, 1995 | |
Recorded | Haremere Hall; The Chapel; The Funny Farm; Palladium; Park Lane; Helicon Mountain Recording Studios, March 1994–June 1994 | |
Genre | AC Rock | |
Length | 54:12 | |
Label | A&M Records | |
Producer(s) | Al Clay | |
Professional reviews | ||
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Del Amitri chronology | ||
Change Everything (1992) |
Twisted (1995) |
Some Other Sucker's Parade (1997) |
Twisted is the fourth studio album by Del Amitri, released on February 28, 1995. It reached number 3 in the UK Albums Chart and was nominated by Q Magazine as one of the top ten albums of 1995.[1]
It was the last album to feature guitarist David Cummings, who left to begin a successful career in TV scriptwriting, and the only to feature drummer Chris Sharrock, who agreed to play on Twisted but declined to join the band as a permanent member. With a firmer emphasis on electric guitars than the band's last outing, 1992's Change Everything, the album represented a moderate change of direction for Del Amitri, whilst retaining their trademark melodic sensibilities.
The album included Del Amitri's most successful single, "Roll To Me", which reached the top ten in the US Hot 100. The band are known not to consider the song one of their best, however, and have often seemed irked by the fact that what they see as a throwaway pop song gave them their biggest hit. Also included was "Tell Her This", one of the group's more well-known songs, which was used as incidental music on Episode 11, Season 2 of the American TV sitcom Scrubs.
Contents |
[edit] Track listing
- "Food For Songs" (Justin Currie) – 3:38
- "Start With Me" (Currie, Iain Harvie) – 4:27
- "Here And Now" (Currie, Harvie) – 5:30
- "One Thing Left To Do" (Currie, Harvie) – 3:59
- "Tell Her This" (Currie) – 3:11
- "Being Somebody Else" (Currie, Harvie) – 6:26
- "Roll To Me" (Currie) – 2:12
- "Crashing Down" (Currie, Harvie) – 4:51
- "It Might As Well Be You" (Currie) – 4:34
- "Never Enough" (Currie, Harvie) – 5:28
- "It's Never Too Late To Be Alone" (Currie) – 5:05
- "Driving With The Brakes On" (Currie) – 4:44
[edit] Credits
- Justin Currie – vocals, bass, acoustic guitars
- Iain Harvie – guitar
- David Cummings – guitar
- Andy Alston – keyboard
- Chris Sharrock – drums, percussion
- Frazer Spiers – harmonica on "Food For Songs"
- David McCluskey – violin on "One Thing Left To Do", "smatterings of percussion"
- Martin Ditcham – "smatterings of percussion"
[edit] Singles
Cover | |
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Here And Now
Released: February 1995 (in two versions) B-sides: Version One:
Version Two:
Chart positions: # 21 (UK) |
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Driving With The Brakes On
Released: May 1995 (in two versions) B-sides: Version One:
Version Two:
Chart positions: # 18 (UK) |
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Roll To Me
Released: June 13, 1995 (two versions in UK, one in US) B-sides: UK Version One:
UK Version Two:
US Version:
Chart positions: # 25 (UK), # 10 (US) |
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Tell Her This
Released: February 13, 1996 (two versions in UK, one in US) B-sides: UK Version One:
UK Version Two:
US Version:
Chart positions: # 32 (UK) |
- All singles released on A&M Records.
- All B-sides written by Justin Currie unless specified.